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What's the best pregame speech you've ever actually heard?

Ibsnoman

Ibsnoman

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Not the movie ones. A real one, from a real coach, that you still remember years later.

I made a short thing on this subject over the weekend. 71 seconds, and I'm not going to describe it. Watch it all the way through — it seems like it ends before it does.



But I'm curious who's got a real answer.
 
MagnumTA

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I played high school football in a small, rural NC town. My freshman year we played a very prestigious private school in a week 2 non conference game. Right before our coach lead us out of the locker room to run on the field, he read us a letter that he “allegedly” received in the mail earlier that week from a parent whose kid played for the prestigious private school. The “alleged” parent “wrote” about how poor our players and families were, how we didn’t practice proper hygiene, how the school was going to pay to have our locker room professionally sanitized, and how our “kind” shouldn’t be allowed on their campus much less be considered for admission to their prestigious school. We took the field and beat the absolute hell out of them.
 
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kik84

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That Kirby Smart one that made the rounds a couple of years ago. Incredible.
 
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<iframe width="1078" height="606" src="" title="John Goodman pep talk in Revenge of the Nerds" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
 
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kik84

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kik84 said:
That Kirby Smart one that made the rounds a couple of years ago. Incredible.
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I'm not sure if this is the one I remember, but it's another awesome gem.

<iframe width="1053" height="592" src="" title="LEAKED KIRBY SMART LOCKER ROOM SPEECH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2022 MOTIVATIONAL (pre game)" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
 
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always liked Lou Holtz and :"you wanna be happy for a week? get a new girlfriend...wanna be happy for a month? get a new car...wanna be happy for a year? cash a nice lottery ticket...you want to be happy the rest of your life? go out there tonight and win the national championship!"
 
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Heel Alum said:
always liked Lou Holtz and :"you wanna be happy for a week? get a new girlfriend...wanna be happy for a month? get a new car...wanna be happy for a year? cash a nice lottery ticket...you want to be happy the rest of your life? go out there tonight and win the national championship!"
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One of the best motivators of all time. Holtz made a fortune after coaching as a corporate motivational speaker.
 
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kik84

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This one is epic:

<iframe width="823" height="463" src="" title="John Goodman pep talk in Revenge of the Nerds" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
 
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<iframe width="617" height="463" src="" title="Bobby Knight - rant" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
 
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I am too dumb to find it But I heard a post game rant by Bob Knight directed at the Wisconsin locker room Badgers had upset Indiana and Bob came in to congratulate them post game.
Basically along the lines of "I have watched all your games so far on film. And never once have you played half this F%^&ing hard. No why don't you listen to your F%^&ng coaches and play this way all year and accomplish something ............."
 
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